A polluted tailings pond at the Kennecott Utah mine has sunk 20 feet or more, raising concerns that it has seeped contamination into the neighboring Great Salt Lake.

Teen apprentices at Spy Hop learned about the Great Salt Lake through a partnership with local journalists and experts via ...

The HBS Club of Utah recently got an insider’s look at the economic and ecological health of the Great Salt Lake (GSL) with a ...

Governor Spencer Cox has issued a proclamation suspending any new water appropriations in the Bear, Jordan and Weber river basins in an effort to help get more water into the Great Salt Lake.

Millions of eared grebes visit Great Salt Lake to rest and refuel en route to their winter homes on the Pacific Coast each ...

In fall 2022, the Great Salt Lake hit its lowest water level since record keeping began. The lake’s elevation sank to nearly six meters below the long-term average.

Great Salt Lake is also known as America’s Dead Sea – owing to a likeness to its much smaller Middle Eastern counterpart – but scientists worry the moniker could soon take new meaning.

Great Salt Lake isn’t the first lake to be used as a sewer and dumping ground. In the 1960s, following years of industrial pollution, Lake Erie was declared dead.

The good news is the Great Salt Lake has risen about 5 1/2 feet since that historic low last year thanks to an amazing winter that produced record-breaking snowfall.

The Great Salt Lake’s North Arm, separated from freshwater instream flows by a railroad causeway, radiates a bright pink from microorganisms that survive high salinity. Credit: Courtesy of EcoFlight ...

University of Utah researchers collect samples from the Great Salt Lake via kayaks and paddle boards on July 22, 2021. (Photo: Julie Jung) She, Werner and a group of other researchers descended on ...

Great Salt Lake is also known as America’s Dead Sea – owing to a likeness to its much smaller Middle Eastern counterpart – but scientists worry the moniker could soon take new meaning.